Intro to Public Health Data Science

You need to make a fork of this repository, find your name in the list below, and replace it with something like:

[**@username**](https://github.com/username/) something about you

You can also add a small picture at the end. It’s optional (but fun!) and can come from anywhere on the internet just by adding a link to the image file. Here is the code I used to create my intro, which you can use as a template:

[**@kstreet13**](https://github.com/kstreet13) Growing up, I watched D2: The Mighty Ducks way too many times. <img src="https://kellystreet.org/author/avatar_hu635c235f99d3c608e11e1324451efcd4_1251980_270x270_fill_lanczos_center_2.png" alt="profile pic" width="40px">

Look for your GitHub username and add a link to your Github profile and something about yourself you don’t mind sharing publicly. Remember to only modify the line with your name! If you don’t see your name, just add it at the end of the list.

Once you are done, submit a Pull Request to include your information in the original repository (the USCbiostats version).

PM566 Fall 2025 students

@umaa908 I’m a first year Public Health Data Science MS student. My friends know me for my homemade chocolate lava cakes!

Mitchell Anderson @moanderson004 my name is mitchell anderson and I write with my left hand

Katherine Gong https://github.com/KatherineG566 I am Katherine, a first year MS student in applied biostatistics and epidemiology, and I love petting my cat.

Yiwei Gu@Ywguyiwei I’m Yiwei, a 2nd year master’s student at Mann. I love labubu and crybaby. https://bagaholicboy.com/2024/08/the-monsters-10-things-to-know-labubu

Yitong Huang @YitongHuang I am biostatistics student and this is my first year’s studying.

Oscar Lam

@imlanlanoh Hi I’m Chih-Chan (Jessica), a 2nd year HSME student! I love to play pickleball recently!

@ZiquanHisonLiuLance Hey! My name is Ziquan Liu, though you may also call me Harrison. I enjoy singing and exploring cities on foot.

Tarun Mahesh: tmahesh25 I’m from India, and I major in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at USC! profile pic

Yuhan Meng：(https://github.com/Hannah-Meng) I’m Hannah, first-year Master program in Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology

[Christian-Navarro] (https://github.com/Christian-Navarro) I’m a first year Masters student in the ABEP.

Julian Olea: @jul1an-o I like going to Mammoth every weekend during the ski season. profile pic

Bangyan L Stiles @bstiles-2025 I am trying to learn R this Fall.

@brecio93 I’m doing my PhD in Clinical and experimental therapeutics at USCMann. I am currently into rock climbing

Vicki Shen @shenvicki I’m Vicki, a 2nd year MPH health services & policy student!

@jkwalton I work at LA Galaxy as a Sports Scientist. I am also a twin!

Yi Wang

Xinran Wang. @xinranwang111 I like watching true crime series

Gowri Yeliyur Shivakumara Swamy @gyeliyur I’m Gowri and I am a second year Master’s student.

Chi-Erh Chiu @ChierhChiu Hello:) I’m Jill and an international student from Taiwan. I like to play video games with my friends on discord.

Mark Tello-Rincon mtellor Hi, I’m Mark and I’m from Los Angeles. I’m a fourth year undergraduate and 2nd semester MPH Biostats-Epi student.

Instructors

@kstreet13 I’m Kelly and I attended my first WNBA game earlier this year (Sparks vs. Mercury). Kelly Street

@xuduovictorwen I am Victor and I am a second year PHD student in Biostatistics.

PM566 Fall 2024 students

@almodaweb - I’m Hanin, an international student from Bahrain and I love crocheting and watching reality tv!

@pcasanas - I’m Patrick, a current 2nd year MPH biostats-epi student! I currently love rock climbing!

@Liying000888 - I’m Kristy, second year Master program in Biostatistics.

@kdimson22 - I’m Kendall, second-year MPH biostat/epi student, and I like rock climbing :)

@carissafeliciano Hi! I’m Carissa, and I am from the San Francisco Bay Area.

[**@sshahi98**](https://github.com/sshahi98) I love taking candid pictures of street cats. We have lots of street cats in my country, Iran, and they are the most beautiful cats ever! PS. I have no bias! <img src="IMG_0810.jpg">

Ellya Gholmieh @KodzuKenma101 I love Star Wars and have a Lego collection!

[@danagonz] (https://github.com/danagonz) I’m a first year MPH student in the Biostatistics and Epidemiology concentration!

@jhernandez3609 I’m Jazmin, a second year MPH student. I was recently gifted a kitten named Lunita! She takes up most of my time now :)

@AriH-797 Hi! My name is Arianna and I am from Venezuela!

Alli Hoang

@giulietk I’m Giuliet Kibler and I’m from St. Louis, Missouri.

Katie Loomis @k-loomis Hello, I’m Katie. My cats and I are from the moon, but my husband is from Pennsylvania.

@normamarshall Hi I’m Norma! I’m a first year student in the MPH program! I’m from Los Angeles and I enjoy trying new cold brews around town!

Si SHEN KessieSHENI love snowboarding,i m a regular ^_^ <imgscr=“https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/179794031?s=400&u=6b972b24d7a20f62d8f4d426b0c17c305a5c608a&v=4"width="40px>”

@ericays Hi, I’m a second year MPH student in the epidemiology/biostatistics concentration!

@nktang05 I am a first year in the MS Public Health Data Science program. I am from Los Angeles and like trying out all the cafes and restaurants here!

[@bellavillan] (https://github.com/bellavillan) I can speak French oui oui

Erin Yu I am from Orange County and I love pasta

@yhyhyyy I am Haoyu Yu and I like play tennis!

Instructors

@jessicaageorge5 Happy to be your TA this year! I love being active; my favorite activities are going to the gym and roller skating.

@kstreet13 One of my favorite places in the LA area is the Huntington. profile pic

PM566 Fall 2023 students

chenjiakk Hi!I am Chnejia and I am in applied biostatistics and epidemiology program.

@williamsbre23 2nd year BKN Masters student

@kninh1 - I like snowboarding

@mosenxiong Hi, here is senxiong. I am master student majoring in Biostatistics. I love milk tea!
@aflouie I am allergic to papaya.

vsramos: (https://github.com/soniavsd) I am not good at coding but I enjoy it.

@kyraguy I am a first year PhD student and I am from the bay area!

@catherinele2020 I just adopted a puppy named Bucky ! He is very sweet but he is in his teething stage and loves to use my arm as a chew toy.

@monabr4 My name is Mona and I am a first-year graduate student in the M.S. Public Health Data Science Program. I like to dance bachata in my free time.

erincag Hi, my name is Erin! I am in the BKN program, and I have a twin brother!

@DerekWalk My name is Derek and I enjoy playing soccer.

@dianalilytang I am an MD/MPH student who just adopted two tuxedo kittens with my SO!

lianyanw: @lydiawangli I have three lovely cats!

@eeross I’m Erin an MD/MPH student, I love watching raccoon videos

@lishirley97 I love cats and enjoy drawing, cooking, gardening, and crocheting! github pic

@sbrinahHi, my name is Sabrina. I love dogs and watch baseball.

@WennyLuuHi, my name is Wenny and I’m a cat.

@mdh01908 My name is Michelle, I am a MS student in Biostats & I work part-time at a bakery in Silver Lake! If you want a pastry lmk.

[@seanmkim1] (https://github.com/seanmkim1) - I’m from San Francisco, I’m a current MD/MPH student at Keck. I love surfing and trying new foods and recipes!

@skzhong1219 I am an M.S. in Applied Biostats and Epi student. I love to dance!

tjgallag @TylerJGallagher I am an MD/MPH student who was very confused by this assignment but made it through :) ! Also, I do otolaryngology and like exercise.

@derekxu6496449 Hello, my name is derek and I’m a huge fan of Real Madrid!

@yunqingk Hi everyone! My name is Karisa and I’m a new graduate student.

@zhousich I made this crochet scarf for my dog over break. github pic

@jaysondelao I like to run and hope to run my first marathon this year.

@incrediblecici Hi I am Weixi Pan and I like you just call me Cici.

@Hahh77 Hello everyone! My name is Qi Zhang and I like hiking.

@debbieargueta3 Hello everyone! Happy to be here :).

(@emlongo) Hi everyone! I’m an MD/MPH student, I’m from Seattle & I love running!

[@moljaca3] (https://github.com/moljaca3) I’m from San Diego and a current MD/MPH student at Keck. I love yoga and trying new restaurants!

@vkcurry I am a second year MS student in Applied Biostats and Epi and I love to travel!

@locchino I’m training for my first triathalon.

@slipior Hi, my name is Sylwia and I’m training for a half marathon.

Instructor

@kstreet13 Growing up, I watched D2: The Mighty Ducks way too many times. profile pic

PM566 Fall 2022 students

@kailaan00 Hello, my name is Kaila An! I am an MPH student graduating in Spring of 2023.
@CBSC73 I love snow dogs and winter.

@Eleanorisnotageek Sometimes we are like stars, we fall to make someone’s wish come true.

@KimmDD My favoriate fruit is Durian.
@cchen941 I am pursing my degree of master of Analytics.
@jiawen-claire-chen Hopefully I can handle with R at the end of this semester.
@Yumeng2022 When I was 5 I wanted to be a detective.
@rainane007 Hi everyone! I am Yuhong, a first year PhD student in Epidemiology.
@tzuyuhua MS biostats, final semester, if I can finish my thesis in time, pizza is delicious, so are fried chicken and boba tea. But calorie no no good.
@sanyu23333 This is Sean. I like playing soccer, and I hope this time Messi can hold the World Cup.
@mkhan58 Hello, I’m a graduate student in the Public Health Data Science program.
@marylee513 I worked as a registered dietitian before in a hospital.
Margery0011 @Margery0011 My name is Yutian, I am from Chongqing, I love standup comedies.
@ChengHsiangLu Hello everyone. I’m Sam and I love to play basketball.
@Cap2247 i like pizza
@qiushipeng Hi, I am Qiushi Peng, a master student majoring in Pharmaceutical Science.
@shkhyan I am a competitive spicy food eater.
@eztang12 Hi everyone! I’m Echo, and I’m a progressive degree student getting my B.S. in Quantitative Biology and M.S. in Public Health Data Science.
megantra Hi! I’m a second year MPH student with a concentration in Epidemiology/Biostatistics. I’m from the Bay Area.
ChenWei19970227 Hi,I’m chen wei.I’m a huge cat lady.
flemm0 Greetings, my name’s Flemming and I’m an M.S. student in Bioinformatics. Also I like to snowboard and I’m from LA.
vivi0903I love my doddy Wanzi.
[v-yin] (https://github.com/v-yin/) I am a MD/MPH student interested in data science and Thoracic Surgery!
yating-zeng @yating-zeng This is Yating, a second year student in Biostats.
bunny-cop bunny-copbunny cop456
@wenhaowhyy Hello! Trying to figure out R
@scl301 Hi I’m Stephanie and my name and initials made it very difficult for me to find a unique username!

Instructor

@ksiegmund I love to travel. github pic

PM566 Fall 2021 students

@jaxabercrombie Hello everyone! I am Jaxon, and I am getting two degrees through Keck currently: my B.S. in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention and M.S. in Public Health Data Science!

@ramayyala When I was a kid, I had a pet fish named Porkchop who my parents replaced every year without me knowing.

@smbaeyens Hi, I’m Sylvia! I am a second year MS student studying Biokinesiology with an emphasis in Sports Science.
@CarmenChenEpiHi, this is Carmen! I am a second year Ph.D. student in Epidemiology.
WebsterJiang @WebsterJiang Hi, I am Wenbo Jiang, second year master student in biostats.
PikaMike @PikaMike Hello, I am Tiansheng Jin, majoring in Biostatistics.I come from China:)
yqchristina I’m a PhD student in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology from Canada :octocat:
@LeonaMa Hi,I’m Leona.I’m a second year ms student majoring in biostats.
genetnguyen: Hello, my name is Gene! I am a 1st year student for the PHDS program.

@aomidsalar Hello everyone, my name is Audrey. I am an LA native

amyt917- This is Amy, I am a PhD student at the school of Pharmacy :tada:
JuehanWang @JuehanWang Hi everyone, I’m Juehan. I’m a master student in Biostatistics.
songruwa @songruwaHi, guys. My name is Songru Wang. I’m from Chongqing, China. I’m a 100% sushi and sashimi lover.
yywuzhanfei @yywuzhanfei My undergraduate major was Plant Protection, but I prefer math, that’s why I go to USC to study statistics.
xy4kierra @xy4kierra Hi,everyone, I’m Xiaoyu Zhu. I’m a master student in public health data science. And I like hotpot.
NJY530 Hi, I’m Jiayi, also fine with Joey. Current MS students in PPHS!
Nicky-Nie @Nicky-Nie Hello,I’m Nicky Nie, my program is ms in biostatistics. I love games and painting =w=
@jasmineslike Hello, I am Lili Xu from Hangzhou, China! I have been study at LA about 6 years!
caroline0029 Hi, I’m Caroline. I love LA.
hzhang74 hzhang74 I’m Haoran Zhang and I’m a student in the MS Biostatistics program. I like playing games and sport.
ristopherCh My name is Chris, I love an afternoon nap
@lysethanI am yongsheng. I want to be a data scientist contributing to human health.

Instructors

@gvegayon I am a Chilean An old picture of me .

@ksiegmund I love to sample different cuisines. github pic

@AbigailHorn Academic pic A link to some music tracks recorded many years ago on my website.

Fall 2020

Students

@cbegay89 git commit -a -m “Hello, this is Cynthia Begay”
mbolshakova @mbolshakova I was originally born in Belarus and have a Corgi named Nugget.
@jiaheche I used to work in biological lab
@robindu552 I am an MD/MPH student, I played classical piano for 15 years.
ameihao Hi, I’m Amei Hao. Glad to study with you all! I hope we can enjoy this class together.
@Weijia-H Hi, I’m Weijia Hu. I love spicy food and have a dog named Lemon.
eshkim1021 I am from San Diego, CA.I loving playing instruments. I have played the cello for 8 years.
@slee2424 Hi everyone, I’m Jun. Nice to meet you all.
@yina-liu I’m a second-year master student of Biostatistics, and I prefer to use R as my data analysis tool.
@ashwathkraj My goal for almost 10 years has been to create consumer brain computer interfaces
@Luqing521 Hello, I’m Luqing. I am a master student in health data science.
bcruiz @bcruiz Love taking care of my succulents and I read baseball statistical programming books for fun!
@suyeonry I am a genomic researcher who is trying to learn Data Science
@Shan-shan-666 Hi guys this is haoyue and this is my second trying
@asuasu95 “I am Changqing Su. I am a master student in Biostats.”
@IcygreyI am Tao Huang. I want to be a qualified data scientist!
@svannord git commit -a -m “[I am from NYC and have no previous experience with coding.]” git push
@HopeW233 I’m a graduate student at USC, and my nickname is Hope.
minhaowa I love iced latte :)
@RuowenWang123My name is Ruowen Wang.
jiqingwu1997 I’m Jiqing Wu
@shawnyeusc I love LA
*MingzhiYe16 I’m from Hefei, China. And I’m interested in the data science and the culture of the US
@hankezhe “hi everyone my name is Hanke and I am a PhD student in Health Econ”
@stephtring Hola nice to meet ya’ll
@shiyushenI am now in China.

Instructors

@gvegayon adding some text

@meredithfranklin I’m an associate professor of biostatistics at USC and enjoy running and playing music in my spare time.

@EmilHvitfeldt I’m a Research Programmer at USC. Currently writing a book on Supervised Machine Learning for Text Analysis in R in my free time.

@AbigailHorn Academic pic A link to some music tracks recored many years ago on my website.

Previous versions

Fall 2022

Fall 2021

Fall 2020

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